Talk:Pinch harmonic

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[edit] Pinch Harmonic

moved from - of all places - Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. No, I don't know why it was posted there either. Grutness...wha? 13:05, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Right now, the article for Pinch harmonic doesn't give any specific instructions on how pinch harmonics is accomplished by a guitarist. --24.20.181.127 07:46, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

First, Wikipedia is not a collection of instruction manuals. Secondly, the introduction does explain that the "nail or thumb slightly catches the string after it is picked, creating a high pitched sound in any position" and the strangely title section Pinch harmonic#Pinch harmonics further describes that "A pinch harmonic is produced by rubbing your picking thumb against the string as you pick it." Hyacinth 13:33, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Horribly substandard language

This page deserves to be tagged as substandard. The language is too informal. For example, it uses the second person to address the reader ("you should..."). 165.123.140.215 16:45, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lists of examples

The once helpful list of examples has turned into an "insert your favorite artist here" monster list. It would probably be easier to just list the artists who don't use pinch harmonics. If this isn't going to be limited to a few representative artists and songs (which is probably impossible to do, given how subjective such a list would have to be), I think we should at least alphabetize the lists to give some order to them and not make it appear as though some artists are more deserving of recognition as pinch harmonicists than others.-Jefu 06:57, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I think maybe it just needs to go. I see no particular purpose for it, and thinning the list would be pretty subjective. It really is just an "insert your favorite artist here" thing, unless the artist has been noted particularly for being very technically proficient and using pinch harmonics in a significant, innovative, or notable way (e.g. Satriani). That might be a reasonable alternative to the list we have now, which is horrible. Cheeser1 22:01, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I cleaned out alot of them. There should not be 30 (relatively) obscure metal bands on the list, nor should the list be very long. I realize my choices are to some extent arbitary (and like anything anyone does, biased), but I tried to leave only the more notable ones on the list (e.g. Satriani). I hope others agree, and I'll be trying to maintain the list, keeping it relevant, small, and cleaned up. Cheeser1 20:36, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree that the list should be kept short, however I feel that there should be more bands of different genres, and ones who used pinch harmonics more prominently in their music, and are known for it. The list can be a little longer than it is in order to provide a more broad coverage.
I added a Dragonforce song, but it was reverted. They have very highly regarded guitarists who use pinch harmonics prominently in many of their songs, thus I feel they deserve a place on the list. Pantera do too, though I don't really know enough about them to pick the best examples, just that Darrel used them a lot, and the few Pantera things I've heard confirm that. Finally, if there is a whole section of the article for their use in death metal, perhaps one or two of the "pioneering" bands should be listed, but I very much dislike death metal, so I couldn't list one - perhaps someone else can. I'll re-add Dragonforce with a more well known / better example. SouperAwesome 08:14, 22 March 2007 (UTC)